Transcript: Are Errors in the Bible?

Are Errors in the Bible?

A Study Guide

"How
do we know that the manuscripts that we have the Greek text that we have really
reflect what Matthew wrote?" - Dr. Ed Gravely

I.
THE
ERRORS

This
question has become increasing more important in the modern day, because there
are skeptics out there raising doubts. One of the skeptics suggests there are as many as 400,000 errors
in the New Testament, such as scribal errors or manuscript errors.

Manuscripts differed
from one another in about four key ways:

1. A scribe would make a mistake

- The
errors were easy to find - a scribe would fix the error.

2. Orthographic
variance

- "Colour" and "color" are an example of regional spelling - regional spellings are helpful because they
show where the writing is from.

3. Minor
Non-Translatable Variance

-
Differences in Bible manuscripts that are not visible
in English - inform textual critics where the texts are from
and how it was produced.

4. Major
Translatable Variant

-
Footnotes mark these - only
a couple dozen (Mark 16, John 8). These are not sufficient reasons to doubt the
validity of the Bible.

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